For more reviews, check out my blog: Craft-CycleHonestly, for a first novel, this one is pretty darn good.I stumbled across this in a lending library, was intrigued by the spooky cover, and figured it was worth a read. Oh my goodness, I was sucked in from the first page. Literally the first page. Ev...
As the name of the book suggests, this was an anthology of stories featuring love triangles. Even though some of them really didn't have much of one. As with all anthologies, there was a mix of stories I loved and stories I did not. There was an impressive amount of diversity as far as race and sexu...
This was an enjoyable little read that started out better than it ended.I loved the atmospheric setting, and the mystery at the beginning pulled me right in. I just wish there had been more background given on why the town feared the swamp. Also why the lady who gave out the charms could remember pe...
A mysterious strange book with a very different story line than many of the other young adult books out there. That's what drew me to Beware the Wild. It drags a little and isn't as heart pounding as I would have liked but props to the author for writing something original. Sidney has always know...
Update: Apparently this is no longer a stand-alone. There is now a companion novel that is coming out in February 2016. It looks like it will be focused on Sterling's best friend Candy.3.5 stars. beware the Wild is a stand-alone which is great. Those seem harder and harder to come by in YA literatur...
From the cover to the title to the blurb, I was so excited to start reading this book. The tone immediately reminded me of "Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea", the creepy, haunting, southern kind of story that sticks with you long after the last page has been turned. As with "Devil", the sense...
They’ve tried to contain it; long ago they built a fence around it and told everyone to stay away. The stories of long ago have been passed down, some magical, some mysterious but the ones that Sterling remembers are the ones told around the campfire and the ones Old Lady Clary tells. When her broth...
Beware of the wild for inside its dark treacherous folds dwell both death and life Beware the wild comes with a nice intriguing story that is filled with elements of both mystery and horror and this lethal combination has made the book an amazing treat.The best part of the book is definitely the cor...
«Beware the Wild» is a dark and creepy gothic fairytale. It lures you into its mysterious swamp, makes you forget about your life and captures on the pages of its story. Have you ever heard of Sticks, Louisiana? Nobody has. It’s a secluded small town with own secrets, and the biggest one of them – i...
So surprised that this is a debut - the author certainly knows how to tell a story! This was so dark and creepy, I loved it. Full review coming up!
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